By-Laws and Regulations of the Department.

I.—Daily Attendance.

1. As a fundamental condition of aid, it is quired that in all schools a fair daily attendance be maintained.

2. In a public school, and in each department for which a separate grant is made, a minimum daily attendance of at least twenty to thirty children is required to be maintained.

3. In a mission school, and in each department for which a separate grant is made, a daily attendance of at least thirty to forty children is required to be maintained, except at outstations, where a daily attendance of at least fifteen to twenty is required.

4. In every mission school enjoying the full grant of £75 per annum, it is required that there be a fit and qualified teacher for a separate infant school, and two fit and qualified teachers for the juvenile school, of whom one shall superintend the girls' sewing-classes, and shall assist at all other times in the general business of the school.